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A class action lawsuit winding its way through the courts accuses the world's largest meat producer -- Tyson Foods -- of knowingly hiring illegal immigrants at meat processing plants in six states. Tanya Ott (TAWN-yuh AWT) reports.
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A class action lawsuit winding its way through the courts accuses the world's largest meat producer -- Tyson Foods -- of knowingly hiring illegal immigrants at meat processing plants in six states. Tanya Ott (TAWN-yuh AWT) reports.
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aired on NPR's Morning Edition and locally on WBHM-FM
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On a recent morning ? just after shift-change at the Tyson chicken processing plant in Gadsden, Alabama -- employees move stacks of pallets.
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All in a days work, but attorney Howard Foster says there?s nothing routine about how Tyson does business. Foster represents Tyson employees who say they?re underpaid because the company hires illegal immigrants who will work for less.
Foster bite :06 ?This has been successful in lowering the wages by something like 10-30%.?
Tyson denies it knowingly employs illegal immigrants? but company Attorney Mark Hopson says with a workforce of nearly 100-thousand hourly employees, it?s impossible to guarantee it.
Hopson bite :11 ?There are 50, 60, even 70-thousand people...
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